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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1988

INTERIM REPORT ON CIVIL SERVICE PAY INQUIRY

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THE INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY ON CIVIL SERVICE PAY HAS SUBMITTED AN INTERIM REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

ON THE 1988

THE

THE REPORT CONTAINS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT AND THE 1987-88 PAY TREND SURVEY. REPORT AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING EXAMINED.

1988

PAY

THE COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ADJUSTMENT, WHICH TOOK EFFECT FROM APRIL 1 THIS YEAR, BE RECALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF THE FOLLOWING REVISED PAY TREND INDICATORS

UPPER PAY BAND

9.56 PER CENT

MIDDLE PAY BAND

9.93 PER CENT

LOWER PAY BAND

9.62 PER CENT

WHEREAS THE AWARD MADE BY THE

GOVERNMENT

WAS

BASED ON THE

FOLLOWING PAY TREND INDICATORS

UPPER PAY BAND

6.54 PER CENT

MIDDLE PAY BAND

7.28 PER CENT

LOWER PAY BAND

8.50 PER CENT

A NUMBER OF SUGGESTIONS ON SYSTEM HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE.

IMPROVING THE PAY TREND SURVEY

THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY WAS APPOINTED IN AUGUST THIS YEAR TO CONSIDER THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE STAFF SIDE ON THE 1988 PAY ADJUSTMENT IMPLEMENTED WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1 THIS YEAR, AND RELATED MATTERS.

IT STARTED WORK IN OCTOBER AND HAS SINCE RECEIVED REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE OFFICIAL AND STAFF SIDES OF THE SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL, OTHER STAFF ASSOCIATIONS, INDIVIDUAL CIVIL SERVANTS AND RELEVANT PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANISATIONS.

1986

PAY

THE SECOND PHASE OF THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY'S WORK, ON THE METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS OF THE

LEVEL SURVKY ON NON-DIRECTORATE CIVIL SERVANTS, WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR.

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